| Basic English (BBE): | John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed. |
| World English (WEB): | John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins. |
| Webster's: | John was baptizing in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins. |
| J.N.Darby: | There came John baptising in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins. |
| American Standard (1991 AD): | John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins. |
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| King James (1611 AD): | Iohn did baptize in the wildernesse, and preach the baptisme of repentance, for the remission of sinnes. |
| Bishops' (1568 AD): | Iohn did baptize in the wyldernesse, and preached the baptisme of repentaunce, for the remission of sinnes. |
| Languages Translated: | Spanish, French, German, Latin (more soon) |